Campanula portenschlagiana (Cultivated- USA)

Campanula portenschlagiana Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 93 1819. (Syn: Campanula affinis Rchb. ex Nyman [Illegitimate]; Campanula muralis Port. ex A.DC.; Campanula portenschlagiana f. grandiflora Soljan; Campanula portenschlagiana var. hirsuta Soljan; Campanula portenschlagiana var. pubescens A.DC.; Campanula portenschlagiana var. pumila Soljan);

Campanula portenschlagiana syn. C. muralis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae, native to the Dalmatian Mountains in Croatia. It is a vigorous, low-growing, mound-forming evergreen perennial with deep purple flowers in summer.^[2]

Common names include Dalmatian bellflower, Adria bellflower and wall bellflower.

The plant forms a mat of foliage about 10 cm (4 in) high and 50 cm (20 in) or more wide, with many heart- or kidney-shaped leaves. Deep purple or blue, funnel-shaped, 5-petalled flowers, 2 cm long, are borne in profusion, completely covering the plant from mid- to late summer.^[2]Flowers may be pollinated by beetles, flies, bees and butterflies, but are also capable of self-pollinating.

The Latin specific epithet portenschlagiana commemorates the Austrian naturalist Franz von Portenschlag-Leydermayer (1772-1822).^[3]

C. portenschlagiana is an alpine plant requiring sharp drainage, so is suitable for an alpine garden, rock garden, or as groundcover, in sun or patial shade.^[4] Given suitable conditions, it will rapidly colonise cracks and crevices in walls and pavements

(From Wikipedia on 19.7.14)
.

Images by Gurcharan Singh